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Samuel Girard

Pittsburgh Penguins
Position D
Age 28
Height 5'10"
Weight 170LBS
Shoots L
Birth Place Roberval, QC, CAN
Born May 11, 1998

Key Insights

2025-26
This is the group his coach trusts with the game

The five the coach goes back to is Girard with Lehkonen, MacKinnon, Malinski and Necas, 34 minutes at 5v5.

49.2% of the expected goals, 3 goals for and 1 against
This is the group that wins him his minutes

His best five is with Drury, Kelly, Kiviranta and Malinski: 67.2% of the expected goals over 31 minutes.

0 goals for, 1 against, 66.2% of the attempts
His coach keeps shuffling the players around him

Girard has been shuffled through 41 different five-man units, and only 2 of them have settled.

units of at least 5 minutes; 30 minutes counts as settled
The same few teammates are on the ice with him all night

11 teammates have played at least 100 5v5 minutes with Girard this season.

each of them also has that long apart from him, so every split below is a real split
Ross Colton is the partner who brings the best out of him
Ross Colton

Girard is at his best beside Colton: 61.8% of the expected goals together against 40.9% apart.

156 minutes together, 193 minutes apart
Teammates tend to play worse when he is on their line
Jack Drury

Drury does better away from him: 62.4% of the expected goals apart against 52.2% together.

208 minutes together, 769 minutes apart

Lineup and with-you/without-you numbers are built from shift charts, which are loaded per season. Seasons without shift data show no lineups. With-you/without-you totals exclude empty-net play, so a 6-on-5 push does not land in a with-or-without-you number. xG is Digest’s estimated model.

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Player Bio Data
DOB May 11, 1998
Birth Place Roberval, QC, CAN
Height 5'10"
Weight 170 LBS
Shoots/Catches L